活龍活現

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	dragon; imperial; surname	vivid
trad. (活龍活現)		活	龍	活現
simp. (活龙活现)		活	龙	活现

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huólónghuóxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ lung⁴ wut⁶ jin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huólónghuóxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huólónghuósiàn
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-lung²-huo²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: hwó-lúng-hwó-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwolonghwoshiann
    • Palladius: холунхосянь (xolunxosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ lung⁴ wut⁶ jin⁶
    • Yale: wuht lùhng wuht yihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ lung⁴ wut⁹ jin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ lung⁴ wud⁶ yin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² lʊŋ²¹ wuːt̚² jiːn²²/

Idiom

活龍活現

1. vivid; lifelike; graphic

Synonyms

• 活靈活現／活灵活现 (huólínghuóxiàn)